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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1895
Page
3
A drugstore counter tale from Newark recounts a patient’s nerves and headaches eased by William Pink Pills from the Medicine Company of Schenectady New York. The narrative frames a testimonial about hope and treatment through prescribed remedies.
A garbled column cites varied curiosities including a claim that one fifth of Africa is a trackless desert, mentions a nine-brother baseball club in Sweet Springs Missouri, a smokeless garbage crematory in Pittsburgh area, tall talipat palm leaves in Ceylon, ancient wine in Bremen, and other scattered notes.
A long wartime poem praises fallen soldiers as a tribute to Our Boys in Blue. It also recounts General Joseph R Hawley’s cited Hartford citizens sword gift, detailing its gold and silver fittings, scabbard, belt, and a Richmond presentation in 1865 with speeches and national figures.
Hardy Odsoldh Christopher Columbus Cleveland, 80, longtime Centerville resident, walked from Indiana to Washington to restore his Civil War and Mexican War pension after losing it last winter. He traveled via the National Road, visited his 117-year-old mother in Danville, and returned home after pension papers were reinstated. He refused offers of aid, saying army wounds would worsen with riding. He is described as frail yet famed for long-distance walking for his age. Richmond Dispatch to Cincinnati Enquirer.
A lady living at Warm Springs relates an unpublished postwar incident involving General Robert E. Lee. A Northern general and his daughters stayed at his resort, faced with northern affinities, and Lee pledged to make them comfortable. He kept his promise, winning the favor of the visitors and later forming a warm friendship with the other veteran.
A collage of curious notices from Kentucky to Mississippi, detailing extraordinary people and odd happenings. A Missouri man wears trousers over his head. a West Virginia sign painter. a Madison County sheriff offering free marriage to taxpayers. a hen that lays twin eggs daily. and many more bizarre vignettes from diverse states. The New York Herald recounts these colorful sketches, including a train voyage divorce story and quirky local lore.
A fragment shows a rural scene where a speaker entices someone named Chimmie to join in revelry. The line hints at haywire humor as a goat is fed six seldlitz powders and prepared for a dramatic drink, reflecting a playful, chaotic farm moment.
A reflective piece notes youth tears and old age grief, praising amiable people who spare others self regard. It links mystery to ignorance, urges seeking good in others, and celebrates giving happiness. It extols sincere friendships as life’s great blessing and stresses presence of mind in repose and danger.
Fragmented notes describe an urgent invitation to spend an evening before moving to a new house, plus anecdotes about odd marriages, aging divorcees, and eccentric social behavior. The piece includes product plugs and stray quotes from actors, poets, and lawyers reflecting a bustling but scattered column style.
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